Paneled structure



C. W. BAKE.

PANELED STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILEDMARA 1, 1920.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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ENTOR BY 4W who ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. DAKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ON'ETHALF TO CYRUS W. RICE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

PANELED STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

- member having a recess extending from its inner surface, and a panel having a peripheral transversely-extending portion inserted into said recess and securely held therein by a retaining member; a further more particular object is to provide such a structure comprising a peripheral member havinga recessextending from its inner surface provided with a transverse extension and a panel having a peripheral transversely-ex tending portion inserted into and securely held in said recess and its said extension; a furthermore particular: object is to provide such a structure having a peripheral mem her as above described, and a pairof panel members disposed side by side and provided with such transverse extensions inserted into and securely held in the recess; a further particular object is to provide a structure comprising a peripheral member of conjoined parts each having a recess extending from its inner surface, and a panel having L transversely-extending portion inserted into and securely held in said recess; a further more particular object is to provide means for preventing the expansion and contraction of the panel from exercising undue stresses on the peripheral member; a further object is to provide such. a structure very effectively held together and braced against diagonal and other stresses.

These and any other objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the structure or structures hereinafter particularly described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a paneled structure embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view (enlarged) of a portion thereof taken on a plane corresponding to line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a like view, but showing a modified construction in which the peripheral members panel-holding recess has a trans verse extension, and the panel has no'crosssectionally deflected portion;

Fig. 4 is a like view, but showing another modified construction in which a pair of panel members are disposed side by side;

Fig. 5 is a sectional. View of the upper portion of a panel member taken on a plane corresponding to line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a view of a corner portion of said panel member, looking toward its concave side; and

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of a portion of a retaining member which secures the panel member in the peripheral Inembers recess.

In the embodiments of the invention chosen for illustration by the accompanying drawings and for detailed description in the body of this specification, the panel structure comprises a peripheral member A and a metallic panel member 13, B or a pair of panel members B The peripheral member A and each of its conjoined parts (the Stiles G'and rails H) has a recess A extending from its inner surface A? The panel member has peripheral flange or transverselyextending portion B adapted to be inserted into the recess A. In the forms particularly shown in Figs. 8 and 4-, the recess A is provided with a transverse extension A In all the forms shown the panel is securely held in the recess A by a suitable retaining member, in form a strip C, inserted into and secured in the recess to closely engage a side thereof and a side of the panel. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the transversely-extending portion. B of the panel is inserted into and securely held in the transverse extension A of the recess A while in the form shown in Fig. 4, such portion B of one of the panels is thus inserted into and held in such extension A but in the form shown in Fig. 2, the panel is securely held in the recess A by the retaining member C whose inner edge abuts against the adjacent side of the panels transversely extending portion 13 In Fig. 4 the pair of panels B disposed side by side, have in their middle portion an intervening member E.

Means are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for preventing the expansion and contraction of the panel from exercising undue stresses on the peripheral member, such means being the forming of the panel with a cross-sectionally deflected portion adjacent its periphery, such portion being preferably thus deflected in- Wardly atB and then outwardly at B, as particularly shown in Fig. 2.

In assembling the structure, the parts (as the stiles G and rails H) are formed with their recesses A these parts are joined toagonal and other stresses and its parts held.

together by the engagement of the panels transversely-extending peripheral portions with the transverse extensions of the recesses (as in Figs. 3 and-4), or with the securely held retaining member (as in Fig. 2). The metallic panel may be readily formed by bending the edges D of a' metallic sheet to form the panels peripheral transverselyextending portions B as indicated in Fig. 6.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particular embodiment thereof shown by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

I claim: v

1. In a structure of the character described; a peripheral member having a recess extendlngfroin, its inner surface parallely with the panel hereinafter mentioned;

a panel having adjacent its periphery a transversely-extending portion, which portion is inserted into said recess; a retaining member secured in the recess and closely engaging-a sidethereof and'a side of the panel inserted thereinto and engaging said transversely-extending portion of the panel.

2. In a structure of the character described; a peripheralmember having a recess extending from its inner surface parallely with the panel hereinafter mentioned and provided with a transverse extension;

, a panel having adjacent its periphery a transversely-extending portion, which portion is'inserted into said recess and into its said extension; a. retaining member secured in therecess and closely engaging a side of the m'ain portion thereof and a side of the panel.

3. In a structure of the "character described; a; peripheral member having a recess extending from its inner surface par allely with the panel hereinafter mentioned and provided with a transverse extension;'

a pair of separable panels disposed side by side and having respectively oppositely disposed transversely-extending portions adjacent their peripheries, which portions are inserted into said recess one said portion being inserted into said extension; a retaining member secured in the recess and closely engaging a side thereof'and a side of one panel and the transversely-extending por tion thereof. 4. In a structure of the character described; a peripheral member comprising conjoined parts interrelatively inclined, each having a recess extending from its inner surface parallely with the panel hereinafter mentioned; a panel having adjacent its periphery transversely-eXtending portions which portions are inserted into said recesses respectively retaining members secured in the respective recesses and closelyengaging a side thereof and aside of the panel.

5. In a' structure of the character described; a peripheral member having a recess extending from, its inner surface parallely with the panel hereinafter mentioned;

a panel .having adjacent its periphery a cross-sectionally deflected portion and having nearer its periphery a transversely-extending portion which is inserted into said recess; a retainlng member secured in the recess and closelyengaglng a side thereof and a side of the panel.

6. In a structure of the character described; a panel having adj acentits periphery a transversely-extending portlon; a peripheral member having a recess extending from its inner surface parallelly with said panel, into which recess the panels Pansversely extending portion is inserted; means for securely holding the panels said portion in said recess.

7. In a structure of the character described; a peripheral member having a recess extending from its lnner surface par allely with the panel hereinafter mentioned; a pair of separable panels disposed side by side and having recesses in the middle portions of theiradjacentsides, and peripheral portions inserted into said recess; a panel member retained in the panels recesses; a panel-retaining member secured in the peripheral members recess.

8. In structure comprising a peripheral member composed of interrelatively inclined parts each having a recess extending from its inner surface parallely with the panel hereinafter mentioned; the method of forming a panel to be inserted into said recesses which method consists in cutting off the corners of a metal sheet on lines inclined to the sheets adj oiningedges respectively and bending-portions of the sheet on lines substantially parallel with said edges respectively, to formperipheral transverselyrextending portions of the paneladapted to be inserted into said recesses respectively.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids Michigan, this 21st day of February, 1920. V

- i Y CHARLES W. DAKE. 

